Pine Lily and Pines

by Paul Rebmann

Title

Pine Lily and Pines

Artist

Paul Rebmann

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

A Pine Lily and Pines at Tiger Bay State Forest as viewed from the ground looking up at the lily and the sky. This native wildflower is also known as Catesby's Lily and the Southern Red Lily.

This image has been featured in the following Fine Art America groups:
Fine Art Wildflower Photography
& The 200 Club - photos with over 200 views up to 500 (04/21/2015)

This photograph titled "Pine Lily & Pines" won Honorable Mention in the Advanced category of Orange Audubon Society's 2012 Chertok Open Nature Photography contest. This same image was awarded top honors in the Nature category for the Autumn 2011 period of the Florida State Forest Photo Contest.

This distinctive lily is frequently found in moist flatwoods and savannas throughout much of Florida. The range extends through the southeastern coastal plain from Louisiana into Virginia.
The stalk of this erect herb grows to 60 cm (2 ft.) tall or more with alternate leaves. The leaves are sessile, lanceolate and reduced in size towards the top of the plant. The three petals are slightly wider than the sepals. Otherwise the six spreading tepals are similar in appearance, reddish orange with yellow bases containing purplish brown dots.
Lilium catesbaei is named after 18th century English naturalist Mark Catesby who travelled to the Carolinas and the Bahamas in the 1720's. Although he apparently never actually visited present day Florida, Catesby published Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, a two volume collection of his paintings of the flora & fauna he found.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)

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February 25th, 2014

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